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title:	"Diesel scream, kerosene dream"
date:	2018-04-03
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  ![](/img/1*fe25BWvAPBWbbK1Fje5-7w.jpeg)Photo by [Roland Larsson](https://unsplash.com/photos/wnckwrtK_Ns?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/explosion?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)**Fuel** — liquidated corpse energy

**Air** — animator of life and flame alike

**Metal** — precisely machined

**Spark** — bright and fierce

In union just *so*, these things make magic.

Cold metal cradles, oddly nurturing.

Fuel rushes excitedly to meet its fate in flame.

Air roars in to join it.

A suicidal mixture aching to explode.

*Click*.

Fleeting spark, tiny supernova.

*Then, explosion.*

White heat, blazing light and crackling roar. Ricochet expansion.

Awaiting piston slammed back. Gunshot crack like snapped bone.

Raw fury leashed and focused. By-product of feral roar.

The flame dies as quickly as it had lived.

A moment of peace until…

Fuel gushes once more